july 8, 2010. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and meredith vieira live from this is today with matt lauer and meredith vieira live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this thursday morning. i m meredith vieira. in for matt lauer i m ann curry. echoes of the cold war as alleged russian spies are caught living in the united states. absolutely. there are reports that the u.s. and russian diplomats are working on an exchange involving them, and ten people accused of spying for the u.s. it has all the intrigue of a 1950s spy novel. fascinating. also ahead, more problems tied to the heat wave in the east. the demand for power is nearing record levels putting many energy companies on high alert. we ll have more on this and news on whether or not we ll see relief today. hopefully we will. plus, lindsay lohan is trying to explain away the vulgarity that was on her finger
and run for your life, tyler. our fifth super fan gets a close up look at pamplona s legendary running of the bulls. we ll go live to spain early this thursday morning, july 8, we ll go live to spain early this thursday morning, july 8, 2010. captioning funded by cbs welcome to the early show here on a thursday morning. good morning, i m chris wragge. i m erica hill. we ll update you. yesterday afternoon a terrible accident happening in philadelphia. one of the duck tours, you go through the city and then you go in the water, hit by a barge. here you re looking at exclusive pictures our affiliate in philadelphia has now of this collision. we re going to get a closer look at the accident. to people remain missing this morning so we ll update you on the search for those two. a tragic accident for those trying to enjoy a nice day. coming up, we are an update on the story we brought you yesterday, the happy ending of a young girl from missouri who went missing, reunited
disaster. haiti right now is a disaster because of natural, in god s hands, okay, boom. suddenly everybody is saying, just like president clinton had said, it is time for the rebuilding. it is an opportunity to rebuild. but not out of christian giving or humanitarian aid, let s build the process of creation of wealth, let s build the structure for a creation of jobs. let s get people into dignity but from a work point of view as opposed to simply the notion that being the son of a slave, we have the right to survive by any means. for the first time, let s do it right? let s do it right. the wheels of government. who s helping me, they only care about themselves, here we go again. how do you respond to that? i respond to say that for the very first time, their pain is equal to mine. i lost my father, my mother, my grandkids. yet my responsibility is to be with them and say, let s rebuild. let s start from our ashes. let s rebuild from the ashes. we have been down befor
good morning. breaking news. a massive recall. the federal government recalls every roman and roll-up shade in homes with children. 50 million of them. this morning, what you need to know. hope fading. rescue crews searching for two climbers missing for more than three days on oregon s mt. hood could be forced to scale back efforts as weather conditions take a turn for the worse. and tiger s troubles. e golfer s wife seen in public for the first time since that infamous crash without her wedding ring, and it s fueling a lot of speculation today, tuesday, december 15th, 2009. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this tuesday morning. i m meredith vieira. and i m matt lauer. we ve covered recall stories in the past on this program, but the shear numbers we re talking about, we re tking about 50 million blinds of shades. it s a massive amount. specifically, we re talking about roman shades and roll-up blinds like these. the consumer p